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protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare to use nuclear weapons? i ask you -- can we afford to believe they will not? can we afford to believe that china, which just this month announced a 12% increase in military spending, will allow our pacific allies to live in peace? ronald reagan master the art of keeping this nation out of hostilities. today, we tend to forget that we are a nation at war. though the mission is in a far off land and in an unfamiliar culture, we also forget the sacrifices of a generation. , our new greatest generation, that have kept us say since the september 11 attacks. califo
protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming. we will see you elsewhere during the day. >> here is a look at some of what we are covering on the c- span network today. at 1230 on c-span, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term. remarks from education secretary arne duncan on c-span 2, the new america foundation looks at child care and education policy.
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming....
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ronald reagan used forcen frequently. he built up our military dramaticly to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald rgan did not believe in getting involved in long drawn out campaigns anywhere. he thought it was against american policy and the thought the american people would not sustain it. he his goal was to be very powerful and behind that power use diplomatic, in -- economic, intellectual a other capabilities to get our way and not to use armed force very often. there's a lot to be learned by studng how ronald reagan would and would at host: act. meredith, new hampshire, good morning. caller: how are you? guest: our you? caller: it was very impressive last
ronald reagan used forcen frequently. he built up our military dramaticly to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald rgan did not...
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in the good times and bad, ronald reagan embodied optimism. this is very true that i do not have to tell you his favorite joke. i only have to repeat the punch line, "there must be a pony in here somewhere." [laughter] [applause] his optimism together with his brilliant mind, determined will, and nancy's love and support, they were the keys to ronald reagan epos greatness as an american leader. his temperament was his nature. his optimism only grew the more he talked to people from all walks of life. president reagan like to talk about his experiences touring plants all over the country. he would stay after to talk with their workers. as he listened, he would listen to their concerns. he came to realize how worried they were by the bureaucrats. not only within their own company, but also by bureaucratic interventions from washington, which were making their jobs more difficult. in my own travels across the country and in my town hall meetings in seven wisconsin, i have heard the same concerns. -- southern wisconsin, i have heard the same conce
in the good times and bad, ronald reagan embodied optimism. this is very true that i do not have to tell you his favorite joke. i only have to repeat the punch line, "there must be a pony in here somewhere." [laughter] [applause] his optimism together with his brilliant mind, determined will, and nancy's love and support, they were the keys to ronald reagan epos greatness as an american leader. his temperament was his nature. his optimism only grew the more he talked to people from...
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if there is a single reform, ronald reagan has identified with, it is tax reform. he persuaded america, both sides of the aisle, that lowering tax rates across the board and reducing the number of brackets and eliminating loopholes were essential to restarting america's engine of economic growth. he was right. his major tax reforms enacted with bipartisan support. to be a cornerstone of unprecedented economic boom that occurred in that decade during his presidency and continued in the decade that followed. as the years went by, credits and lobbyist loopholes grew back into the codes like weeds. president obama wants to take us further in the wrong direction. he remains committed to taking more and more and the paychecks of hard-working americans, not to pay down debt, but to pursue more government spending. we propose an overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and competitive. [applause] the lower rates across the board. the economy grows and because we propose to close a special interests loopholes that go to the well off. when we lowered tax rates by clos
if there is a single reform, ronald reagan has identified with, it is tax reform. he persuaded america, both sides of the aisle, that lowering tax rates across the board and reducing the number of brackets and eliminating loopholes were essential to restarting america's engine of economic growth. he was right. his major tax reforms enacted with bipartisan support. to be a cornerstone of unprecedented economic boom that occurred in that decade during his presidency and continued in the decade...
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reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we would be heading for a 1930-style depression. we had seen a few months earlier, when george w. bush was the president, that he came up with a $700 billion package to assist the banking and automotive industries. $700 billion was a twin brother to what president obama came up with a few months later. a hundred and $78 billion -- $878 billion. the bush wrote -- the bush program was voted down. this got me to the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. -- the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. kennedy said if you do not pass this package, you will turn geo
reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we...
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ronald reagan. [applause] remember the timeout of jimmy carter's days of malaise, ronald reagan crafted the longest peacetime recovery in us history -- 3 million new businesses created, and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one by one, the communist dominos began to fall. first, grenada was liberated, by us troops. [applause] then, the red army was run out of afghanistan, by us weapons. in nicaragua, the marxist regime was forced to hold free electionsby ronald reagan's contra armyand the communists were thrown out of power. [applause] it was under our party that the berlin wall came down, and europe was reunited. it was under our party that the soviet empire collapsed, and the captive nations broke free. it is said that each president will be recalled by posteritywith but a single sentence. george washington was the father of our country. abraham lincoln preserved the union. and ronald reagan won the cold war. and it is time my old [applause] is just about time that my old colleagues,
ronald reagan. [applause] remember the timeout of jimmy carter's days of malaise, ronald reagan crafted the longest peacetime recovery in us history -- 3 million new businesses created, and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one by one, the communist dominos began to fall. first, grenada was liberated, by us troops. [applause] then, the red army was run out of afghanistan, by us weapons. in nicaragua, the marxist regime was forced to hold free electionsby ronald reagan's contra...
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ronald reagan, the l.a. times detected him -- depicted him as saying he is going to bring back the american nazi party. people actually said this. and vice versa. republicans say that stuff. that is a normal piece of political discourse that is not helpful. however, i am also reminded of eugene mccarthy's comment that the task of -- is to shoot the wounded when the battle is over. i have a paradoxical view of this problem. the people in the middle are the ones around whom you get a gang around, you would get budget deals. in the 1990's with clinton and gingrich. when those people disappeared and you have the interest groups, that makes it a compromise. no doubt that is true. among the five or six, one problem is that if you like the old model -- he described the party dynamic, you have a son and the moon. one is the dominant and the moon party has to adapt if it is going to survive. i think that describes the world of the new deal or republicans with modifications to improve them, and limit them and so forth
ronald reagan, the l.a. times detected him -- depicted him as saying he is going to bring back the american nazi party. people actually said this. and vice versa. republicans say that stuff. that is a normal piece of political discourse that is not helpful. however, i am also reminded of eugene mccarthy's comment that the task of -- is to shoot the wounded when the battle is over. i have a paradoxical view of this problem. the people in the middle are the ones around whom you get a gang around,...
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he spoke tuesday at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. congressman ryan has been mentioned as a possible running mate with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this event was organized by the ronald reagan presidential foundation and was part of their perspectives in leadership forum. it is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. first off, it is great to see my colleague here. i understand you live in the neighborhood. it is a pretty nice neighborhood you have here. thank you, fred, for your very kind introduction. if you could do me a favor, please thank mrs. reagan for inviting me here to speak. [applause] this is my second time here. i have to say -- there is a spirit that pervades this reagan library. the cannot help but feel uplifted being here. it is the spirit of optimism, a sense that things will turn out all right if only we make the effort. in good times and bad, ronald reagan and body optimism. in here somewhere!" [laughter] his optimism together with his bril
he spoke tuesday at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. congressman ryan has been mentioned as a possible running mate with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this event was organized by the ronald reagan presidential foundation and was part of their perspectives in leadership forum. it is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. first off, it is great to see my colleague here. i understand you live in...
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i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they cannot help themselves. host: michael savage, radio talk show host, you quote him saying "president obama is more of a terrorist than hugo chavez." guest: what can i say? how can you stoop to that level? i think they lose all credibility at that point. when you say something so outrageous. tom cradle also said he thought barack obama was more dangerous than al qaeda. now, sure, there are crazies like our last caller who are going to believe that but i think most of the american people know that's just nonsense. host: there is a narrative. gues
i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they...
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friends. >> did you see in the letters between nixon and reagan where ronald reagan kept saying i want to be the favorite son out of california. did he think of running? >> he started his campaign for president in 1968, 12 days after he was elected governor. there were some things that happened in 67 that undermines reagan's ability to act on that idea. promising ex anyone not be in primaries and then going out and entering them. >> this is a 625 page book. did you read this part of it? you get the sense that jfk did not think much of eisenhower. explain what you found. >> eisenhower was still enormously popular. he is not crazy about this guy who he refers to as "little boy blue." he views them as having a rich diet. he did not appreciate kennedy's entire -- the whole tone of his campaign in this new frontier. >> how old was the? >> that was when he was in his early 70's. he was the oldest president in the century. they were not crazy about each other. he felt like eisenhower to not understand the power of the office of the presidency. he was too much of a soldier and a general. rathe
friends. >> did you see in the letters between nixon and reagan where ronald reagan kept saying i want to be the favorite son out of california. did he think of running? >> he started his campaign for president in 1968, 12 days after he was elected governor. there were some things that happened in 67 that undermines reagan's ability to act on that idea. promising ex anyone not be in primaries and then going out and entering them. >> this is a 625 page book. did you read this...
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as we contemplate our economic policies, we really should ask what would ronald reagan do? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. >> over the past four years pulitzer prize winning author david maraniss has been researching and writing his 10th book barack obama the story. it included traveling the globe and speaking with the president's relatives in kenya and discovering his ancestry on the stores of lake victoria. barack obama, the story, comes out in bookstores on june 19, but book tv will give you an early look with exclusive pictures and video, including our trip to kenya as we travel with the author in january of 2010. so join us, sunday, june 17, at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. later at 7:30 that same night, your phone calls, emails, and tweets for david maraniss on c-span2's book tv. >> the debate is a biannual event in toronto bringing together newsmakers and leaders to debate current issues. in may panelists debated the future o
as we contemplate our economic policies, we really should ask what would ronald reagan do? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. >> over the past four years pulitzer prize winning author david maraniss has been researching and writing his 10th book barack obama the story. it included traveling the globe and speaking with the president's relatives...
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he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the program they felt was the best. people said why did you take it in the first place, why don't you leave it there. host: from virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm just sitting here amazed and outraged by the assertions that the former secretary is making. number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, th
he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the...
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i worked with ronald reagan to develop supply side economics. we ended up passing it into law in 1981. at the time people called it voodoo economics. it only had one virtue -- it worked. >> i remember that. >> remember? the fact is, it is a simple model, cut taxes, develop energy, and encourage the people who make jobs. reagan cut taxes, obama raises them. riging cut regulations. -- rates and cut -- reagan cut regulations, obama increases them. reagan is for american energy. obama is against american energy. reagan like people who created jobs. obama believes in class warfare. what was the historic result? 16 million new jobs in the reagan years. [applause] we then had two consecutive tax increases. one by a republican, the other by a democrat. i fought both of them. by 1994 the economy was flattening out. we won the election. we went back to the reagan playbook. we cut regulations and reform welfare. two out of three people went to work for went to school. the child poverty went down because parents were working, increasing their income. learni
i worked with ronald reagan to develop supply side economics. we ended up passing it into law in 1981. at the time people called it voodoo economics. it only had one virtue -- it worked. >> i remember that. >> remember? the fact is, it is a simple model, cut taxes, develop energy, and encourage the people who make jobs. reagan cut taxes, obama raises them. riging cut regulations. -- rates and cut -- reagan cut regulations, obama increases them. reagan is for american energy. obama...
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these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my observation you have to go after term limits and watch the assembly which was always food fight in california. the assembly of the state was passed by one vote and the senate would pass nearly unanimously. after your six years throughout the assembly and a couple of cases someone would be gentile and start throwing food fights again. that's kind of the nature of our institutions that we design them on purpose, right? i think you're seeing a historical pattern that republicans tend to gravitate to people more moderate of temperament i think. bob dole. certain
these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my...
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when ronald reagan came to south carolina he was not ronald reagan. it was just the governor of california, the former governor california, and not the reagan we all know now. if the south carolina saw in reagan someone who could be that person. and he was willing to buck the experts and the pundits and voted for what american needed. as a result, it made all the difference. that is what i have been encouraging south carolinian is to do. this is a state that has strong american values, a conservative principles, and all i ask you to do a vote your conscience. but those principal -- vote your principles. if america is not going to give room here, where else are they going to get a from? allowed into what you think is right and not defer to the political pros who do not care about the issues you care about. >> and i would say but for my husband. [laughter] [applause] >> i think this audience could sit and ask questions all day but we are out of time. we really appreciate you coming and talking to us today. thank you very [applause] >> you can get your s
when ronald reagan came to south carolina he was not ronald reagan. it was just the governor of california, the former governor california, and not the reagan we all know now. if the south carolina saw in reagan someone who could be that person. and he was willing to buck the experts and the pundits and voted for what american needed. as a result, it made all the difference. that is what i have been encouraging south carolinian is to do. this is a state that has strong american values, a...
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[applause]>> coming up on c-spaf honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. then president obama chris sent a model of freedom. later the unveiling of the portrait of george w bush from the east room of the white house. tomorrow on "newsmakers", we are joined by rober khuzami. he talks about what the sec is doing to police wall street including its efforts to prevent another financial crisis and prevent fraud. that is a sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday on "q&a". >> i think the problem is with walter cronkite, people see him as the avuncular, friendly man, which she was, but there was another side of him that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with the ratings. he is probably the fiercest competitor i have ever written about. and i have written about presidents and generals and c desire to be the best was very proud of. >> douglas brinkley on his new biography of walter cronkite sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> medal of honor recipients gathered at the ronald reagan library in california to discuss their
[applause]>> coming up on c-spaf honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. then president obama chris sent a model of freedom. later the unveiling of the portrait of george w bush from the east room of the white house. tomorrow on "newsmakers", we are joined by rober khuzami. he talks about what the sec is doing to police wall street including its efforts to prevent another financial crisis and prevent fraud. that is a sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m....
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our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction in the unemployed. we are seeing a gain in gdp. osama bin laden, whom president bush said that he did not give much thought to, is now dead. we took care of the situation in libya with no feet on the ground and now lives lost. i think that our standing right now is much better than it was prior to president obama coming into office. host: we are just about out time. let's listen to our guest. guest: the caller certainly had a lot to say. the fact of the matter is that republicans are always concerned about the national debt and deficit. democr
our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction...
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ronald reagan, a shining city on a hill. to president obama, we are a source of policy that required this president to go around the world and repeatedly apologized for america and what we have done in this world. ronald reagan would never apologize for the greatest country in history of the world. [applause] we have a very similar theme. we have a president who has made this week, cut our defense, we are approaching a $4 trillion budget. $1.20 trillion in deficit. expanding and exploding the deficit by $5 trillion. the only place the president can find to cut its defense spending. it is the only place he is willing to take a pound of flesh. it is the only thing the federal government has to do that individuals cannot do. when i was born, defense spending was 60% of the federal budget. it is now not 60% or 50 or 40 or 20. it is 17%. it is the one area that president obama says we have to cut some more. but me pledge -- let me pledge to give just like ronald reagan pledged. we will have a strong and powerful and forceful amer
ronald reagan, a shining city on a hill. to president obama, we are a source of policy that required this president to go around the world and repeatedly apologized for america and what we have done in this world. ronald reagan would never apologize for the greatest country in history of the world. [applause] we have a very similar theme. we have a president who has made this week, cut our defense, we are approaching a $4 trillion budget. $1.20 trillion in deficit. expanding and exploding the...
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. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about that for years. there was widespread belief that the u.s. and israel were probably behind it because it had done so much damage to the iranian centrifuges, apparently, but this story came out and quoted numerous officials as saying the obama administration signed on to a program begun by president bush called olympic games, which was very much a covert effort to launch cyber attacks. that was quite a huge newsbreak. so it has sort of reached a tipping point in this town where people on capitol hill in particular are wondering why we have had a number of leaks culminating about covert operations. previously ther
. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about...
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>> ronald reagan -- people in this town said we cannot deal with him. you have spoken the truth, but we cannot do that. lo and behold, he got the first nuclear reduction under ronald reagan. so first, speak the truth. the russian people that are trying to get more space for their civil rights deserve it. the american people deserve you to stand up for that. you do not empower them by saying russia has control over your own security interest weather with iran or syria. i think you would see changed behavior. what you have done is allow them to constantly test the limits. that tested it and then felt they could go further. >> lex move on. -- let's move on. the governor says the white house is leaking classified information for political gain. >> there is no one who was more upset and disturbed about the leaks and president obama. he did not authorize them. they were not authorized. he has appointed to prosecutors to pursue them and instructions have been very clear. no one is immune, nothing is off the table. i want to get to the bottom of this. he has al
>> ronald reagan -- people in this town said we cannot deal with him. you have spoken the truth, but we cannot do that. lo and behold, he got the first nuclear reduction under ronald reagan. so first, speak the truth. the russian people that are trying to get more space for their civil rights deserve it. the american people deserve you to stand up for that. you do not empower them by saying russia has control over your own security interest weather with iran or syria. i think you would...
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ronald reagan and tip o'neill -- they probably did not agree on much of anything, and yet they were able to have an affable relationship and be decent to one another and not to reach other down in the process. we have to get back to that and keep talking about this. that is why again, governor schwarzenegger, i want to thank you for getting started. if we do not do a bill not happen. -- it will not happen. >> i recently spoke to the senate press secretaries. the two senators from pennsylvania, senator toomey and senator casey, had the two men themselves and their staff -- had a softball game. they had a good time. they went out and place of all, had a few beers. they put it up under facebook pages and both of them told me that they got absolute vituperative remarks from their supporters, saying, how could you possibly consort with the enemy like that? the senator from their own state. you would think that there would be a certain common interests here. but that was the reaction of the voters. bill, you had your hand up -- anybody who wants to take this, take a. >> i would say, i think wh
ronald reagan and tip o'neill -- they probably did not agree on much of anything, and yet they were able to have an affable relationship and be decent to one another and not to reach other down in the process. we have to get back to that and keep talking about this. that is why again, governor schwarzenegger, i want to thank you for getting started. if we do not do a bill not happen. -- it will not happen. >> i recently spoke to the senate press secretaries. the two senators from...
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in an hour and a half, the 1984 debate between ronald reagan and walter monday daily, followed by the 19888 debate between george bush and michael dukakis. the department on foreign policy and national security took place a year and a half after the u.s. led invasion of iraq. pbs host jim lehr was the moderator at the university of miami. [applause] >> to he believed he could do a better job than president bush and preventing another 9/11 type terrorist attack? >> yes, i do. but before i answer further, let me thank you for moderating. i want to thank the university of miami for hosting us. and i know the president will join me in welcoming all of florida to this debate. you've been through the roughest weeks anybody could imagine. our hearts go out to you. and we admire your pluck and perseverance. i can make american safer than president bush has made us. and i believe president bush and i both love our country equally. but we just have a different set of convictions about how you make america safe. i believe america is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are l
in an hour and a half, the 1984 debate between ronald reagan and walter monday daily, followed by the 19888 debate between george bush and michael dukakis. the department on foreign policy and national security took place a year and a half after the u.s. led invasion of iraq. pbs host jim lehr was the moderator at the university of miami. [applause] >> to he believed he could do a better job than president bush and preventing another 9/11 type terrorist attack? >> yes, i do. but...
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when i was 11, i was an active ronald reagan supporter. another was a democrat paired i had a huge arguments with her -- a democrat. i had a huge argument with her. but then i switch to high school. i was interested in women's issues. i was pro-choice as a move into college. i was very clearly a democrat by the time i got to that first semester and started volunteering for mike dukakis. >> what do you feel the strongest when it comes to issues? >> because of my own experience, and fill most passionately about ensuring -- i know it sounds a little cliche -- but i feel strongly that people have access to opportunity. we are very polarized in washington about the role of government. i feel like i am living example of a person who was helped by a series of government programs. if those programs did not exist, a mother would have had to go back to india, a divorced woman. my whole family would have been stigmatized. my opportunities would have been far more limited. a series of programs, food stamps, free and reduced lunches, section 8 housing,
when i was 11, i was an active ronald reagan supporter. another was a democrat paired i had a huge arguments with her -- a democrat. i had a huge argument with her. but then i switch to high school. i was interested in women's issues. i was pro-choice as a move into college. i was very clearly a democrat by the time i got to that first semester and started volunteering for mike dukakis. >> what do you feel the strongest when it comes to issues? >> because of my own experience, and...
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i said i know ronald reagan and you know robbery in. i said ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times it is eight years. grover said, i know, i did not like that. i said, why do you think he did? he did it to make the country run. we never have less revenue to run this country since the korean war. 15.2% of gdp. you don't need to do a tax increase. cohen and dig into the pile of tax expenditures and jerk some of those babies out of there and go to any tax system. caller: you are one of my heroes. what do you consider to be full employment in the united states? guest: i cannot play the game. think of the young people coming into the workforce. host: what percentage would you be comfortable with? guest: you can do the figures all day long, bounce them back and forth. pick a figure during reagan's time 4%. i was in congress 18 years and never saw a statistic that was correct about growth or unemployment. it is like health care. 10,000 people a day or turning 65. if you say the present unemployment is this and forget how many hundreds of thousand
i said i know ronald reagan and you know robbery in. i said ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times it is eight years. grover said, i know, i did not like that. i said, why do you think he did? he did it to make the country run. we never have less revenue to run this country since the korean war. 15.2% of gdp. you don't need to do a tax increase. cohen and dig into the pile of tax expenditures and jerk some of those babies out of there and go to any tax system. caller: you are one of my heroes....
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people became short of ronald reagan. -- sure of ronald reagan. i think the narrative is very similar for this election. people like the president, but not his policies. they have turned him off, i think. despite all the advertising. they're looking at mitt romney, we do not really know mitt romney, yet. >> do you think after thursday night, things will be different friday morning? >> the nomination of the vice- president. picking paul ryan was a good pick. you have the speech and then you have the debates. people will be watching. they're looking for the numbers of the last convention. the biggest audience last time, four years ago, was not for barack obama comment not for sarah palin, it was for john mccain. -- barack obama, not for sarah palin, it was for john mccain. >> it sounds like if you pull back the cameras, you are not worried about the shortened convention and the destruction. it sounds like -- distraction. it sounds like -- >> i think we took four days -- there are a lot of good things happening. people walk away thinking that was a g
people became short of ronald reagan. -- sure of ronald reagan. i think the narrative is very similar for this election. people like the president, but not his policies. they have turned him off, i think. despite all the advertising. they're looking at mitt romney, we do not really know mitt romney, yet. >> do you think after thursday night, things will be different friday morning? >> the nomination of the vice- president. picking paul ryan was a good pick. you have the speech and...
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he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 -- 550 billion. billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >> that is the trigger you are talking about. >> and we have wars that we were not fighting two decades ago. i do think that cap has taken a position to cut the pentagon budget. they will schedule something that will have substantial reductions and we will support it. he has put forth as if the proposals over the last year on how to reduce the pentagon budget. it has been an important part of the debate over the last year. because he has had the experience of being at the pentagon, he has looked at as the programs and specific weapons systems and before to a series of ideas that account for a least $100 billion a y
he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 -- 550 billion. billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >> that is the trigger you are talking...
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that, of course, is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] i talked always about how you here as you travel or around this country, particularly when you are faced with running against a democratic incumbent president whose policies are destructive -- destructive for our economy, destructive for our reputation around the world and our national security, destructive and for our military. we see this week the fight against sequestration and the draconian cuts in our defense budget. we see the economy lagging and confidence in america not what it should be. a president who wants to talk about how our better days are behind us and americans cannot do things for themselves anymore. for you to be able to hand until this world. you need him and the elite in our society to be able to make these degrees for you. this harkens back to another time. we had a president who had a similar idea that america's best days were behind us and we needed government to come in and do more and more things for our lives. we would no longer be a force for go
that, of course, is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] i talked always about how you here as you travel or around this country, particularly when you are faced with running against a democratic incumbent president whose policies are destructive -- destructive for our economy, destructive for our reputation around the world and our national security, destructive and for our military. we see this week the fight against sequestration and the draconian cuts in our defense budget. we see the economy...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking to its schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming. we will see you elsewhere during the day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> see the first of the presidential debates, next wednesday, live on c-span, c- span radio, an online at c- span.org. watch and engage. next, political fact checkers look at statements coming from the obama and running campaigns. then, a debate between the u.s. house candidates in california's 7 -- seventh congressional district. later, from the "texas tribune" festival, a debate between san antonio mayor julian castro and senate candidate
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking to its schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming....
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was mh bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking >> we are committed as the department to feinstein counterfeit and unapproved drug cases. together with the u.s. attorney's offices around the country, the criminal divisions, computer crimes and intellectual property section, my office is actively partnering with fda, oci, all the other branches you have heard today. dea, postal service. investigating the wide variety of unlawful trafficking that we see. as we heard this morning, from tim and as we have been hearing throughout the day, the availability of drugs has skyrocketed. anyone with a computer can order drugs on line using search engines, using b2b sites. they can do this for personal use
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was mh bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking >> we are committed as the department to feinstein...
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>> ronald reagan. i had the honor of serving with him and he signed air quality district act for southern california. the first preschool program in the country was signed by ronald reagan. people hardly believed that but he was willing to use government in a way that was responsive to real challenged that government should be dealing with. i was proud that we had a chance to work together in connection with some of that. >> if you look across, it's a lot of history, 34 years altogether, is there a time when you look back and say those are the best years. those are the ones i enjoyed the most. >> every year that goes by it amazes me that i am still here. i did not plan to be here this long. if i did not have the chance to serve in some of those appropriations we would not have stayed this long. there are many ways to impact the process and the future of congress itself. it is my intention to try to do that regardless on what doorway we're walking through in our life. >> you haven't announced what you a
>> ronald reagan. i had the honor of serving with him and he signed air quality district act for southern california. the first preschool program in the country was signed by ronald reagan. people hardly believed that but he was willing to use government in a way that was responsive to real challenged that government should be dealing with. i was proud that we had a chance to work together in connection with some of that. >> if you look across, it's a lot of history, 34 years...
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romney said he was not trying to run on ronald reagan. he lost, just like what happens all the time when republicans run to the left. we need someone who will not be the etch-a-sketch candidate, someone will stand by their principals. ronald reagan did not say one thing in front of one group and one thing in front of another. he had for conviction. it is the reason the establishment republicans were never out for him. they did not believe. they did not have the core set of values that reagan had come to the sense of values shared by the vast majority of americans. the vast majority of americans are trying to do things that are inconsistent with their values, selling short to win. we need someone who can pull the coalition together. someone who has those values, as a staffer said, that his public policy is written on an etch-a- sketch, but who's policy is written on his heart. he said he was going to run as a conservative in the fall. i am not going to run as a conservative. i am a conservative. period. [applause] the one leg of the reagan
romney said he was not trying to run on ronald reagan. he lost, just like what happens all the time when republicans run to the left. we need someone who will not be the etch-a-sketch candidate, someone will stand by their principals. ronald reagan did not say one thing in front of one group and one thing in front of another. he had for conviction. it is the reason the establishment republicans were never out for him. they did not believe. they did not have the core set of values that reagan...
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ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law school. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i have to be honest with you. i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. do not you think that it is time for him to finally put together a vision of what he will do next four years if he is elected? he has to come up with this over the weekend. there is only one debate left. >> let us recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. jobs.lan doesn't create deficit deduction plan adds to the deficit. everybody here has heard of the n
ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law...
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the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am glad you get a kick out of me. let me take on one issue about ronald reagan raising taxes. there were 11 attacks raises, but which tax raises, -- tax raises, but when he took office, the economy was in a freefall. what i find annoying is obama and his advisers say he took over during the greatest recession since the great depression, but reagan took over during an even greater economic crisis. i graduated from college and could not get a job as a burger flipper. that was a brutal decade. reagan brought inflation down. we stabilize the currency under paul volcker and ronald reagan. by the way, mos
the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am...
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before ronald reagan became ronald reagan, when he was still out there as a maverick governor from california making a tour through the south, he had a few instances of a cultural disconnections, too. ronald reagan had to record communication skills and he overcame that over time. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta, a longtime observer of southern politics. we have a link to his blog available on our website, c- span.org. we want as to a fundamental question has been looked at a map of the south. what is the new south? what is the seventh -- the southern strategy? what is the southern boat docks -- what is the southern vote? guest: obama carried three of the larger southern states, virginia, north carolina, and florida. there was not a solid south in the sense we have spoken about in previous elections. the other thing about that election is that if obama had not won any of those three states, he still would have had the electoral votes to win the election. we come in to this year with this out, again, being the beneficiary of reapportionment. with the electoral votes in te
before ronald reagan became ronald reagan, when he was still out there as a maverick governor from california making a tour through the south, he had a few instances of a cultural disconnections, too. ronald reagan had to record communication skills and he overcame that over time. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta, a longtime observer of southern politics. we have a link to his blog available on our website, c- span.org. we want as to a fundamental question has been looked...
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remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and workers laboring in farms and factories from dusk to dawn. they toiled so their children could have a better life. that is the america, and that is freedom. that is why we are exceptional. [cheers and applause] as president obama lacks a vision to lead, we will lead it. the door is open. our vision is as bold and strong and free as the country that we loved it. it is the vision of government that works for us and not against us. it is rooted in the old washington of our founders, not the washington of today's political class. of liberty an
remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and...
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i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's and he was not. i am happy that i was for reagan in the 1980's. >> beyond new hampshire,? >> i do not think telling the truth comes across as an negative. you might want to ask him how he thinks it describing his record. >> is that not negative? >> how can i run for president and be for romney.org? you'll have to talk to the people who know these things. i do not know these things. >> what about the momentum going forward? >> i am very concerned. we need to clarify. wii to clarify whether he is a massachusetts moderate with a series of values that are the opposite of the south carolina republican party. if we succeed in doing that, he might win. >> rick santorum will be standing between you in the debate space. i plan on how you are going to differentiate yourself from him as a romney alternative? >> i plan on being the reagan conservative alternative. it is not mean verses them. i started working for ronald reagan in 1974 and and i helped develop supply-side economics for kemper. i worked for govern
i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's and he was not. i am happy that i was for reagan in the 1980's. >> beyond new hampshire,? >> i do not think telling the truth comes across as an negative. you might want to ask him how he thinks it describing his record. >> is that not negative? >> how can i run for president and be for romney.org? you'll have to talk to the people who know these things. i do not know these things. >> what about the momentum going forward?...
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i believe that ronald reagan, john kennedy, and the others did that more effectively, and i'm going to try to follow in their footsteps. >> ninety seconds, mr. president. >> my opponent just said something amazing. he said osama bin laden uses the invasion of iraq as an excuse to spread hatred for america. osama bin laden isn't going to determine how we defend ourselves. osama bin laden doesn't get to decide. the american people decide. i decided the right action was in iraq. my opponent calls it a mistake. it wasn't a mistake. he said i misled on iraq. i don't think he was misleading when he called iraq a grave threat in the fall of 2002. i don't think he was misleading when he said that it was right to disarm iraq in the spring of 2003. i don't think he misled you when he said that, you know, anyone who doubted whether the world was better off without saddam hussein in power didn't have the judgment to be president. i don't think he was misleading. i think what is misleading is to say you can lead and succeed in iraq if you keep changing your positions on this war. and he has. as the
i believe that ronald reagan, john kennedy, and the others did that more effectively, and i'm going to try to follow in their footsteps. >> ninety seconds, mr. president. >> my opponent just said something amazing. he said osama bin laden uses the invasion of iraq as an excuse to spread hatred for america. osama bin laden isn't going to determine how we defend ourselves. osama bin laden doesn't get to decide. the american people decide. i decided the right action was in iraq. my...
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. >> coming up, medal of honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. president obama presents the medal of freedom. and the unveiling of president george w. bush in the east room of the white house. >> sunday -- >> with walter cronkite, people see him only as the avuncular, friendly man, which he was. but there was another side of him and wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings, beating the berger report. he was probably the fiercest competitor i have ever written about. i have written about presidents and generals. the desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> douglas brinkley on his new biography ceo news anchor walter cronkite. >> the president has a hard time selling an argument of economic optimism when, at the same time, people are not feeling it. >> the way the american people approach this election is they understand that we did not get into this crisis overnight, and we are not going to get out of it overnight. >> it is what the people in ohio and florida, virginia -- what they think about their lives. is it getting better? get
. >> coming up, medal of honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. president obama presents the medal of freedom. and the unveiling of president george w. bush in the east room of the white house. >> sunday -- >> with walter cronkite, people see him only as the avuncular, friendly man, which he was. but there was another side of him and wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings, beating the berger report. he was probably the fiercest...
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ronald reagan was solidly for immigration reform. if you go to youtube and google "reagan mondale debate," uc ronald reagan not making the case for immigration, but for amnesty, using that word. republicans are pro-immigration but they have been afraid of the past six years of the anti- immigration law me. immigration lobby. now i think this election cycle has dramatically changed that. i can at least number half a dozen radio and tv talk shows that have already said, you know what, my position has evolved, now time for immigration reform. now -- i am for immigration reform. that is good, because it will give cover for republicans who have avoided this issue and want to deal with this issue to actually do it. immigration and being for immigration reform is the conservative position. restrictionism part of the nationalist protectionist paradigm t. if we are the party of the family and a free-market, the gop is, we should not in any way have a restrictionist position. if we are for the family, i don't see why we should be calling for s
ronald reagan was solidly for immigration reform. if you go to youtube and google "reagan mondale debate," uc ronald reagan not making the case for immigration, but for amnesty, using that word. republicans are pro-immigration but they have been afraid of the past six years of the anti- immigration law me. immigration lobby. now i think this election cycle has dramatically changed that. i can at least number half a dozen radio and tv talk shows that have already said, you know what,...
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we need someone like ronald reagan again. we need to get the whole conservative movement running instead of these consultants that are inside the beltway. the federal government is too big and out of control. washington is rich and the rest of the country is hurting. they're using smoke and mirrors. something has to change. the people have to wake up and it will take a crisis. we are in trouble. but host: we will talk with malice in a little while on the future of the republican party. he is our guest in about a half- hour from now. let's look at the headline in the washington post, on the front page -- laurie montgomery reports -- senator lindsey graham of south carolina was on abc yesterday. let's hear what he had to say on the no taxes pledge. [video clip] >> what i would say to grover norquist is the sequester destroys the u.s. military. according to our secretaire defense, it would be shooting ourselves in the hip. a smaller army since 1940 and the smallest airports in the history of the country. sequestration must be re
we need someone like ronald reagan again. we need to get the whole conservative movement running instead of these consultants that are inside the beltway. the federal government is too big and out of control. washington is rich and the rest of the country is hurting. they're using smoke and mirrors. something has to change. the people have to wake up and it will take a crisis. we are in trouble. but host: we will talk with malice in a little while on the future of the republican party. he is...
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the united states republican party has nominated the most pro-immigrant candid since ronald reagan. the republican party's the anti-integration party. pat buchanan ran as the anti- democrat candidates. -- anti-immigrant candidate. they have been saying this since the germans were sneaking in in the 1700's into pennsylvania. the new guys, i do not know about these new guys. they do not get it. then one generation later they are best friends. then get together and whine about the new guys. that is understandable. what is great about the united states is more immigration, high end, every person should be brought in here with a ph.d. farm workers and unskilled workers, most of our relatives came as unskilled workers, not ph.d.s. china gets old before it gets rich. china declined in population. they're not having kids. they do not do immigration. >> harry reid led to talk about this. something like 50-55 house republicans that signed the pledge lost this election cycle. what do you see is your influence in this town going forward? >> harry reid is not like to talk about the tax issue. ev
the united states republican party has nominated the most pro-immigrant candid since ronald reagan. the republican party's the anti-integration party. pat buchanan ran as the anti- democrat candidates. -- anti-immigrant candidate. they have been saying this since the germans were sneaking in in the 1700's into pennsylvania. the new guys, i do not know about these new guys. they do not get it. then one generation later they are best friends. then get together and whine about the new guys. that...
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i worked for president ronald reagan. i thought that would be the greatest honor of my life and it was. but i can tell you right up there alongside that, it's been an honor dealing with and working with these people that i just described and mr. calvert as well but my colleagues like wally herger, brian bilbray, mary bono mack and elton gallegly. it's been my honor and the joy of my life to have worked alongside wonderful people like this, trying to make our clint and world a bert place. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: i thank you, mr. rohrabacher. i look forward to serving with you for a long time in the future. -- mr. calvert: i thank you, mr. rohrabacher. i look forward to serving with you for a long time in the future. elton gallegly was brought up. we spent a lot of time together going back and forth to the airport. i don't know what i'm going to do now that he's retiring. elton is admired for his fighting spirit, tenacity. he is someone that will fight to the end for the thin
i worked for president ronald reagan. i thought that would be the greatest honor of my life and it was. but i can tell you right up there alongside that, it's been an honor dealing with and working with these people that i just described and mr. calvert as well but my colleagues like wally herger, brian bilbray, mary bono mack and elton gallegly. it's been my honor and the joy of my life to have worked alongside wonderful people like this, trying to make our clint and world a bert place. with...
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. >> over three decades have passed since ronald reagan was first elected to the white house. yet the impact of his leadership is still evident today. while in office, president reagan had three major goals. to restore the economy, to revive the american spirit, and to defeat totalitarianism, spreading democracy throughout the world. >> by remaining true to his conviction, through his belief in the american people, and with tremendous optimism, president reagan achieve these goals. >> it is striking how president carter and president obama both took our nation down a path that in four years weekend america's confidence in itself and our hope for a better future. >> both weaken respect for america abroad. both increased government programs sold with waste and inefficiency that failed to produce results. both made promises they could not keep. as a consequence of ineffective policies, both were unable to revive our economy and create jobs. >> for example, both crippled american energy production when there were better ways to develop and use our abundant energy resources. the ro
. >> over three decades have passed since ronald reagan was first elected to the white house. yet the impact of his leadership is still evident today. while in office, president reagan had three major goals. to restore the economy, to revive the american spirit, and to defeat totalitarianism, spreading democracy throughout the world. >> by remaining true to his conviction, through his belief in the american people, and with tremendous optimism, president reagan achieve these goals....
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ronald reagan used force in frequently. he built up our military dramatically to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald reagan did not believe in getting involved in long drawn out campaigns anywhere. he thought it was against american policy and the thought the american people would not sustain it. he his goal was to be very powerful and behind that power use diplomatic, in -- economic, intellectual and other capabilities to get our way and not to use armed force very often. there's a lot to be learned by studying how ronald reagan would and would at host: act. meredith, new hampshire, good morning. caller: how are you? guest: our you? caller: it was very impressi
ronald reagan used force in frequently. he built up our military dramatically to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald reagan did...
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thank god for america ronald reagan did. and therefore, there is peace and prosperity as a result. >> thank you. >> you bet, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. thanks! >> [applause] >> thank you. appreciate it. >> >> dinner will be served in the air force one pavilion. please remain seated while congressman ryan departs. thank you all for joining us. you can watch more of mitt romney's vice presidential running mate by visiting the c span library. congressman ryan has nearly 400 appearances, including the speech from the house floor, speech at the 2004 republican national convention and some of the hearings he chaired as committee chairman. you can watch, click, at c span.org/video library. join us later today for more from the campaign trail as mitt romney and vice presidential candidate paul ryan campaign throughout virginia. they'll be in menasus and we'll bring you live coverage starting at 4:15 p.m. eastern here on c span. >> we're going to turn now to president obama, who talked about the ameri
thank god for america ronald reagan did. and therefore, there is peace and prosperity as a result. >> thank you. >> you bet, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. thanks! >> [applause] >> thank you. appreciate it. >> >> dinner will be served in the air force one pavilion. please remain seated while congressman ryan departs. thank you all for joining us. you can watch more of mitt romney's vice presidential running mate by...